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Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Va-Era (January 17, 2015): How to break free from the insecurities that hold us back from being the best spouses, parents, friends, community members, and citizens we can be.

Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Va-Era (January 16, 2014): What are we supposed to be doing when we pray?

Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Shemot: How to break free from the cynicism that holds us back from being the best spouses, parents, friends, community members, and citizens we can be.

Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Shemot (January 9, 2014): In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, how Shabbat can help us make a more peaceful world.

Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Va-Yiggash (December 27, 2014): Reviewing the past year from the perspective of Torah.

Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Va-Yiggash (December 26, 2014): How to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good in our lives

Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Va-Yeshev (December 12, 2014): The way to become better parents (and better everything) is to learn about and improve ourselves.

Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Va-Yishlah (December 6, 2014): Following the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, and the failure to indict the officers responsible, a Jewish call for a more just society.

Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Toledot (November 22, 2014): Recent events in Israel are a reminder that we still very much live in a broken world. But Judaism believes another world is not only possible but inevitable, and we can help build it.

Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Toledot (November 21, 2014): What happens when we try to make others be who we want them to be, rather than who they are, and when others try to do the same to us.